Tuesday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

Tuesday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

I’M KELLY ECKERMANN AND HALEYHARRISON ALL OF THE COVID-19EMERGENCY STATE ORDERS IN KANSASWILL BE EXPIRING AT MIDNIGHT ANDGOVERNOR.LAURA.KELLY IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.KMBC9 IS MICHAEL MAHONEY IS LIVENOW FROM TOPEKA ON WHATT IMEANSAND WHY IT’S HAPPENING NOW,MICHAEL.LLWE AS YOU SAY ALL OF THEORDERS EXPIRE AT MIDNITGHTONIGHT GOVERNOR KELLY WANTEDSOME BUT NOT ALL OF THEMEXTENDED.HOWER,VE THE LEADERS OF THELEGISLATURE REPUBLICANS INPARTICULAR WOULD NOTIV GE HERPERMISSION TO EXTEND ANY OFTHEM.THE KELLY ADMINISATTRION SAYSTHE END OF THE EMERGENCY ORDERSWILL MAKE CONTINUING TO FIGHTTHE PANDEMIC MORE DIFFICULT.WE WILL GET THROUGH THEM.WE WILL GET THE KIDS WHO WENT.BACK HELP PEOPLE THROUGH ALLTHOSE SERVICES.WE ARE JUST PUTTING MOREBARRIERS AND MORE HOOPS THATEVERYONE HAS TO JPUM THROUGH ASOF TODAY 37% OF ALL CANTONS OVER12 ARE FULLY VACCINATED 41% HAVEONE SHOT.THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS TSHIMEANS THE NATIONAL GUARD’S RULESHIPPING AND DISTRIBUTINGVACCINWILLE TAIL BACK EXTRASNAP BENEFITS DURING THEPANDEMIC LIKE FOOD STAMPS WLILBE REDUCED TO 63,000 KANSASHOUSEHOLDS.REPUBLICANS SAY IT’S TIME FORETH STETA TO RETURN TO NORMAL.THERE’S NOTHING THAT CAN’T BEDONE TO OUR NORMAL PROCESSES.NOT A THING.THE TWO REMAINING EOS ALL CAN BEDONE TO NORLMA PROCEESSSVACCINES ARE READILY AVAILABLETO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GET THEM.KELL AYND THE DEMOCRATS SAYTHEIR DECISION BY THEREPUBLICANS IS BASEDN OPOLITICS.NOT HEALTH THE GOP SAYS THE SAMETHING BACK TO THEM HER CHIEF OFSTAFF WILL HAS TOLD REPORTERSTHEY ARE WORKING ON A PLAN B.SUGGESTING THE KANSAS DEPARTMENTOF HEALTH MAY PICK UP A LARGERLOAD OF THE COVID-19 FIGHT THANHAS ALREADY NOW.THE KANSAS COVID-19 LASDTE 15MONTHS MORE THAN 450 DAYS.ITAS THE LONGEST STATEWIDEEMERGENCY EVER IN THE HISTORY OFKANSAS.MICHAEL MAHONEY KMBC9 NEWSTOPEKA THE COVID-19 FORHE TSTATE OF MISSOURI IS STILL IN.EFFECT AT FIRST TODAY GOVERNORMI PKEARSONS SIGNED A NEW BILLINTO LAW ATTORNEYSN I A HEALTHEMERGENCY IT LIMITS SO-CALLEDVACCINE PASSPORTS THEAW LAPPLIES TO PUBLICLY FUNDEDENTITIES REQUIRING PROOF OFVACCINATION TO USE PLIUBCSERVICES ANOTHER PART OF THE LAWWOULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIMELOCAL LEADERS CAN ISSUE PUBLICHEALTH ORDERS.IT CAPS THOSE ORDERS TO 30 DAYSAT A TIME AIN DAY PERIOD AFTERTHE GOVERNOR ISSUES A STATE OFEMERGENCY AFTER TTHA